A bitter state or hatred induced by another having something more than oneself. Most acute between people where the difference is slight, eg, a neighbour with a minutely more expensive car. The most denied emotion - "I'm not envious, I don't hate her because she's got more money than me!".

People envy Paris Hilton because she has large wealth for which she has done nothing, but they comment on other aspects of her rather than this.

When you wish you had someones looks, talent, nice car and personality but you dont so you badmouth them to make yourself look better or them look worse. It's called leveling and practiced by those with low self esteem/insecurity.

Damn, I wish i had a cool personality/ good looks/nice car like that but since I don't I'll just talk about the person. Must be envy.

One of the seven deadly sins- Envy is a feeling of grudging admiration for another's talent, integrity, personality, looks, money or happiness.

Envy oftens serves as the motivation for different acts.

Envy may lead one to avoid, to dislike or to insinuate the so called superior person is bad to make others think badly of them. They wish for the other person to not have whatever they are envious and go to extreme measures to prevent them from having it. If they can't get it they are satisfied with trying to destroy thier happiness through under-handed means.

He didn't want to see her happy so he set up a plan to attempt to bring her unhappiness.

She had envy in her heart of the girl who always beat her talent-wise so she set out to make everyone hate her through lies, manipulate measures and deception.

To feel hatred towards a person who you feel has more than you and a better life. I think people learn to envy by watching all these rap videos and kim kardisian bullshit. You program your subconcious to feel this envy in your heart. For example if you watch rich and famous people all day and you come into the presence of one and they show you how they live you would feel intimidated and ashamed for nothing. People who brag have low self esteem. Learn to imagine your self in the mind instead of thinking about how rich Justin Bieber is and what he has and meet him and he'll envy you for being strong not like most of his kick ass fans and fake friends who prey on him to get money